The Effect of Academic Background of Parents on Academic Performance of Pupils
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are;
- To examine the effect of academic background of parents on academic performance of pupils.
- To ascertain the provision of educational needs that affect pupils performance
- To ascertain the audiovisual aid that influence the performance of pupils
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
CONCEPT OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Academic performance of a child could be defined as the learning outcomes of the child. This includes the knowledge, skills and ideas, acquired and obtained through their course of study within and outside the classroom situation (Epunam, 1999). It is the outcome of determination, hard work, of student in academic pursuit. Pandney, (2008) defined academic achievement as the performance of the pupils in the subjects they study in the school. This determines the pupils’ status in the class. This gives children an opportunity to develop their talents, improve their grades and prepare for future academic challenges. Academic performance refers to a person’s performance in a given academic area (e.g. reading or language arts, mathematics, science and other areas of human learning. Academic performance relates to academic subjects a child studies in school and the skills the child is expected to master in each (Kathryn, 2010). Academic performance refers to excellence in all academic discipline, in a class as well as extracurricular activities. It includes excellence in sporting behaviour, it includes excellence in sporting behaviour, confidence, communication skills, and others. Steinberger (2005) posit that academic performance encompasses students’ ability and performance; it is multidimensional; it is intricately related to human growth and cognitive, emotional and social physical development; it reflects the whole child; it is not related to a single instance, but occurs across time and levels, through a student’s life in public school and into post secondary years and working life. Academic performance refers to how well a student is accomplishing his tasks and studies. Academic performance in school is evaluated in a number of ways. For regular grading student students demonstrate their knowledge by taking written and oral tests, performing presentations, submission of homework and participating in class activities and discussion. Teachers evaluate in the form of assignment, test and examination to describe how well a student has done. Poor academic achievement is a performance that is adjudged by the examiner and some significant others as falling below an expected standard (Adesemowo, 2005). Izundu, (2005) pointed out that some environmental variables in a home influence the learning capabilities of a child either positively or negatively and thus affect their academic performances. Some of the variables include parental socioeconomic status, level of parental supervision of children, location home, library facility among others. According to Uche (2010) parental socio-economic status of the children of literate and high income parents perform better in school than those from poor and uneducated parents. Children from, high socio economic homes eat balanced diet, enjoy good health and facilities that stimulates their intellectual activity and make them perform better academically then their counterparts who indulge in smoking cigarette, India hemp which have scattered their brain which may result to poor performance. He asserts that adolescent who come from homes regarded as having good or high socio-economic status may tend to do better than those who have poor homes. The study revealed that insufficient parental income; family type and lack of funding by government are factor influencing student’s academic performance. Lack of quality supervision by parents has been identified as one of the home environmental variables known to influence children’s life to a great extent, Farrell and Barnes 2000. Most fundamental issues of life are taught to children by their parents more especially mothers who spend longer hours with the children. The extents to which parents motivate their children in their academic works affect the level of performance of the children.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to the effects of academic background of parents on academic performance of pupil
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information on the study the effects of academic background of parents on academic performance of pupil. 200 staff of selected primary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State was selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain the effects of academic background of parents on academic performance of pupil
In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of the effects of academic background of parents on academic performance of pupil
Summary
This study was on the effects of academic background of parents on academic performance of pupil. Three objectives were raised which included; To examine the effect of academic background of parents on academic performance of pupils, to ascertain the provision of educational needs that affects pupils performance, to ascertain the audiovisual aid that influence the performance of pupils. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of selected primary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State was selected randomly. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up headmasters, non teaching staff, senior staff and junior staff were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
After the correlation between the parents’ level of education and the academic achievement of the students it can be concluded that, there is a relationship between these two variables. One can also conclude that the education level of parents does influence their children’s success in school. The result of the two variables which examined the parents’ educational background and the effects on students’ academic performance indicated that there was significant relationship. This finding complements the finding from other researchers that stated that status of parents does not only affect the academic performance of students but also make it impossible for children from low socio-economic background to compete well with their counterpart from high socio economic background under the same academic environment. (Adewale, A. M. (2012). It was fortunate that the findings and the literature complemented each other really well. One important remark that the researcher can make is that education of the parents is not the sole factor of the children’s academic achievement.
Recommendation
- Parents should have effective supervision and should not allow other home environmental factor to distract their children. There is a need for teacher to have greater supervision and regulations on in-school to enhance effectiveness of their time management.
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